CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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A 453 km round trip from Sacañet - roughly 9 h 45 in the saddle. The stops in between: Balma de la fabriqueta, Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I, Abric de la Pareja and Peñon de los machos. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,050 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The ride follows Balma de la fabriqueta → Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I for 49 km.
Between the Turia and the Palancia rivers, northwest of Valencia, the land rises into a maze of limestone mountains, pine forest and small villages that rarely see foreign visitors. The Abric del Mas de los Pérez is a rock shelter in the hills near Andilla, Viver and Alcublas, one of hundreds of painted sites in eastern Spain listed by UNESCO as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. These shelters were decorated by hunter-gatherers and early farmers thousands of years ago, and while some feature vivid hunting scenes, many are faint and hard to see without a trained eye. Respect any fences and signs, and never wet or touch the rock.
Read the complete Abric mas de los Perez write-up.
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Abric mas de los Perez is where the day begins. Next is Balma de la fabriqueta.
The Serra Calderona is the green ridge that rises north-west of Valencia, separating the city's plain from the valleys of the interior. It is a natural park of pine forest, cork oak and rocky hills, close enough to the city for weekend walkers and riders, yet surprisingly wild once you get into it. The rock shelter of Balma de la Fabriqueta lies near the village of Olocau on its southern side, one of the painted shelters that make up the Levantine rock art inscribed by UNESCO. Access to many of these sites is restricted or guided, so check with the local tourist office before trying to visit.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
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Balma de la fabriqueta comes up about 53 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
West of Valencia, the river Turia leaves the mountains through a series of deep gorges, and around the villages of Gestalgar, Sot de Chera and Chulilla, the landscape turns dramatic: limestone cliffs, pine-covered slopes and the river winding green below. In a side ravine near Gestalgar, the Barranco de las Colochas shelters a handful of painted panels that UNESCO counts among the Mediterranean rock art of Iberia. The figures are faint, but the setting is worth the effort on its own.
Read the complete Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I write-up.
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about 102 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I. Next is Abric de la Pareja.
The Júcar gorge below Dos Aguas is the sort of scenery that makes Spanish interior roads famous among riders. A deep valley of red and grey rock, pine and oak, it carries the river towards the sea, and the villages along it, Millares and Dos Aguas among them, are old and small. The Abric de la Pareja is a rock shelter in the cliffs nearby, and its name, the Couple, refers to a pair of painted figures. It is part of the Levantine rock art that UNESCO lists among the Mediterranean Basin sites, and its paintings are among the best examples of how prehistoric hunters pictured themselves.
Read the complete Abric de la Pareja write-up.
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Abric de la Pareja, about halfway. Next is Peñon de los machos.
Cofrentes is a village at the confluence of two rivers, the Júcar and the Cabriel, in the interior of Valencia province, and it has a curious mix of attractions. Above it stands a castle on a crag. Nearby rises the Cerro de Agrás, the only recently active volcano in the Valencian Community, a dark cone of basalt in a landscape of limestone. And just outside the village, the cooling towers of the Cofrentes nuclear power station send plumes of steam into the sky. The Peñón de los Machos, a rocky outcrop with painted shelters, lies in the hills between Cofrentes, Jalance and Jarafuel.
Read the complete Peñon de los machos write-up.
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Peñon de los machos sits at 155 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abric de la Pareja.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Pareja write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abric de la Pareja comes up about 290 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 350 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I. Next is back through Balma de la fabriqueta.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Balma de la fabriqueta, late in the day. Next is Abric mas de los Perez.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric mas de los Perez write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 453 km.
Abric mas de los Perez → Balma de la fabriqueta is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Balma de la fabriqueta → Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I → Abric de la Pareja is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Pareja → Peñon de los machos is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos → back through Abric de la Pareja is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Pareja → back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I → back through Balma de la fabriqueta is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Balma de la fabriqueta → Abric mas de los Perez is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.